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A quartet of United States definitive stamps featuring wildlife photographer Ben King’s vibrant photos of a female ruby-throated hummingbird hovering near four different flowers will be issued March 16 during the March Party stamp show near Cleveland. A first-day ceremony for the nondenominated (68¢) Garden Delights definitive (regular-issue) stamps is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday […]

Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was a surprise speaker at the Feb. 24 first-day ceremony in Los Angeles, Calif., for the John Wooden stamp. Photograph by Daniel Afzal, United States Postal Service. First-day-of-issue ceremonies are of interest to me, and I wish I could make it to all of them, but for obvious reasons, that isn’t […]

Figure 1. Four different sprayed-on postmarks are being used during the month of December at mail-processing plants nationwide. The postmarks show a snowman, a Santa, a tree and a storefront. Figure 2. The United States Postal Service provided this colorized version of the postmark designs. Also shown are the four Snow Globes forever stamps issued […]

A set of 10 stamps celebrating the 50th anniversary of the legendary role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons are among a handful of upcoming 2024 issues that the United States Postal Service announced Nov. 30. On Nov. 30, the United States Postal Service revealed additional stamps to be issued in 2024. Also announced were issue dates […]

U.S. 2024 Love stamp to be issued Jan. 12 in Romance, Ark. The United States Postal Service will kick off its 2024 stamp program Jan. 12 in Romance, Ark., with the issuance of a nondenominated (66¢) Love stamp featuring a stylized image of a soaring bird holding an envelope sealed with a valentine heart in […]

The United States Postal Service has announced 26 subjects that will appear on 86 stamps in 2024. Descriptions and images of the stamps were revealed in an Oct. 23 press release. Among the new stamps are additions to the popular Lunar New Year, Black Heritage and Literary Arts series. Other well-known subjects to be celebrated […]

Blaming “inflationary pressures on operating expenses” and parroting its customary claim of the need to redress “a previously defective pricing model,” the United States Postal Service has applied to institute its first — but probably not last — increase of 2024 in first-class postage rates, a 2¢ hike that will take effect Jan. 21. If […]

Jay Bigalke (far right), Linn’s Stamp News and Scott catalog editor-in-chief, helped unveil the Winter Woodland Animals stamps Oct. 10 in Woodland, Mich. Photo courtesy of Cindy Bigalke. Small-town ceremonies are the best in my book. On Oct. 10, Linn’s Stamp News assisted local United States Postal Service officials in organizing a dedication ceremony for the Winter […]

Victor Melendez’s vibrantly colored artwork featuring pinatas in two different designs, a donkey and a seven-point star, is the subject of four United States definitive stamps to be issued Sept. 8 during the 36th annual Pinata Festival in Roswell, N.M. The U.S. Postal Service is offering two first-day postmarks for the new Pinatas stamps. A […]

Vibrantly colored photomicrographs of red blood cells, a knotted human hair, the tongue of a freshwater snail and other biological organisms are featured on 20 United States forever commemorative stamps that will debut Aug. 10 in Cleveland, Ohio. On Aug. 10, the Great American Stamp Show in Cleveland, Ohio, will provide a stage for the […]